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Hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand look back on an eventful year in Montreal and beyond.

There was much hubbub last month when the city unveiled its plan to pedestrianize parts of Ste-Catherine St. — a plan that merchants say they weren't consulted on. Glenn Castanheira of Montréal Centre-Ville and Federico Sanchez of Le Pois Penché discuss.

Benoît Dubreuil, Quebec's French language commissioner, discusses his report suggesting that 85% of university instruction in the province be conducted in French.

TSN 690 host Mitch Melnick and Gazette columnist Stu Cowan have some advice for Montreal Canadiens fans: patience, patience, patience.

Dr. Michael Kalin discusses Quebec's approach the family doctor crisis, which includes filling the gaps with other health professionals and penalizing doctors who enter the private system.

Journalist Martin Patriquin and communications strategist Martine St-Victor consider whether or not Montreal really had a “Valérie Plante problem.”

Sébastien Dallaire, executive director of polling company Léger, and John Parisella, senior advisor at NATIONAL Public Relations and former Quebec delegate general in New York, discuss the tumultuous U.S. election and how the outcomes could affect Canada.

Candidates Joe Ortona and Katherine Korakakis share their visions for the future of the English Montreal School Board (EMSB).

MNA Marwah Rizqy and her husband and colleague, MNA Greg Kelley, discuss Rizqy's decision to leave politics in order to focus on her kids.

Former radio host Terry DiMonte talks leaving Quebec for B.C. -- and what ultimately led him to come back.

Frédéric Beauchemin, MNA for Marguerite-Bourgeoys, discussing his run for leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party, connecting with the regions, and taking the party out of its comfort zone.

TV personality and host of TV5's Chassés-croisés Sophie Fouron talks racial profiling, the premier's take on systemic racism, and how travelling has solidified her love for Montreal.

Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller on the state of immigration in Canada, Quebec's approach to international students and the upcoming by-election.